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O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
